Last night Kei, Kate, Jordan and I had a fun evening of truffles, theatre, bar hopping and coffee talk.

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I bought a single black truffle at the ballard market for $6. Kei cooked it up with some white truffle oil and fettucine. I made a red kale, onion, garlic and tomato rabe. It was simple but good.

We then went to see Memory of Water in ballard. We sat on five a red couch. It was really hot and tight. But it was good to be in the front row. We went afterwards for a walk and ended up at the Smoke Shop. We celebrated the last days of smoking in bars by going to one of the smokiest in Seattle, this side of the College Inn Pub. We finished off the night at Kate and Jordans for some coffee and discussion about the play.

Well, I guess you want to know about the play. We weren’t thrilled by the English accents. Kate said the writing was clever, but not transcendant. Kei and I did find the end, where the dead mother walks out the door sad. And the scene where they stumble out of the house with the coffin was funny, believe it or not. But it was not a bad night out, for a play so close to us. Go Ballard!

Cheers: Kate just got a part in the new John Kaufman play, director of Linger and Starball. Congratulations, Kate!

Jeers: To inanimite objects! Kate smashed her finger in something or other to make it the grotesque black and blue you see above. We are living in a material world, I know, but c’mon. Let’s keep it off the joints man!